Jury Pool Profile

Burleson County, Texas

Republican +63 (2024)

Population: 18,327
Median household income: $72,888
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 13,194 72.0%
Black or African American alone 2,119 11.6%
Asian alone 164 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 117 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 686 3.7%
Two or more races 2,047 11.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,003 21.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.3

Under 18 4,033 22.0%
18–24 1,153 6.3%
25–44 4,157 22.7%
45–64 4,874 26.6%
65 and over 4,110 22.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; -0.7 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.3B; 0.05% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,094
Establishments: 444

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,038 22.2%
Education & health services 871 18.6%
Construction 595 12.7%
Leisure & hospitality 501 10.7%
Manufacturing 473 10.1%
Natural resources & mining 293 6.3%
Professional & business services 251 5.4%
Public administration 212 4.5%
Financial activities 197 4.2%
Other services 135 2.9%
Unclassified 16 0.3%
Information 14 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.9%
Median gross rent: $909
Owner-occupied: 6,267
Renter-occupied: 1,482

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,365 votes cast

Republican 7,590 81.0%
Democratic 1,705 18.2%
Other / third-party 70 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

85.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,430 14.0%
Vietnamese 42 0.2%
Tagalog 38 0.2%
Slavic languages 34 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 21 0.1%
German 13 0.1%
Korean 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,749
Family households: 5,073; 65.5% of households
Married w/ children: 4,179
Single-mother households: 216
Veterans: 1,044; 7.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

66.6% overall adherence rate

Catholic 5,082 28.8%
Evangelical Protestant 4,343 24.6%
Mainline Protestant 1,505 8.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 692 3.9%
Black Protestant 126 0.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.6%
With a disability: 13.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 21st District Court
Judges: 1 (Total District Court judges with venue over this county; vintage 2026 txcourts.gov directory + Tex. Gov't Code § 24. Texas's court structure is unusual — each urban county has dozens of numbered District Courts (Harris ~60, Dallas ~45, Travis ~25, Bexar ~25, Tarrant ~20) with trial assignments random across the full bench. Rural counties typically have 1-2 District Court judges sitting on a multi-county district. County Court at Law judges (limited jurisdiction) and Constitutional County Court judges (presided over by the elected County Judge) are separately allocated and not counted here. TX has ~474 District Court judges statewide.)
Court seats: Bastrop, Brenham, Caldwell, Giddings

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 41.98 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023